cross+ROADS

places of hybrid identity ... a chance to do things differently

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community (15)
Expat Harem concept (2)
family (10)
global niche (10)
home (12)
identity (17)
multicultural (6)
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+DIALOGUE2010 Spring podcast "Mapping the hybrid life"+

Strategic love

If marriage is the smallest unit of a community, then cross-cultural couples are ambassadors, peace-makers, and [...]

The twinge of heritage

After four generations of immigration, a New World woman finds the mysteries of extended lineage often crop up as synchronicity, quirks of taste, wanderlust: ghost urges from genes and culture long ago [...]

Designing la dolce vita

A former officer in the U.S. Navy-turned expat discovers life design is necessary for expat women as military personnel transitioning to civilian [...]

It takes a virtual village

A virtual network of mothers helps an Irishwoman in Turkey raise her children by the standards she grew up [...]

Writing to save your life

When a stamp in her passport reads “Wife not permitted to work”, writing saves the sanity and career of a serial [...]

Hybrid domesticities

When an emerging American artist moves to Turkey and starts a family, she navigates new definitions of career and home life. [...]